all right, welcome everyone to this morning s panel appalachia and energy politics. i m trish kajla assistant professor at the walsh school of foreign service georgetown university copa where i co-lead the energy humanities research initiative. panel, because we were unsatisfied with the state of the current discussion on appalachian energy politics in the making of modern american history. contemporary debates about energy politics and the transition away from fossil fuels depart from a basic assumption that congress makes the law and that energy producing communities must learn how to live with it. in this panel, we propose an alternative way of examining modern energy policy and politics in the united states. our research looks at appalachia not only as a key target of modern energy policy, but rather as a region whose politics broadly conceived have shaped the possibilities and priorities for energy politics on the national stage since the new deal. together these papers
this morning s panel appalachia and energy politics. i m trish kajla assistant professor at the walsh school of foreign service georgetown university copa where i co-lead the energy humanities research initiative. panel, because we were unsatisfied with the state of the current discussion on appalachian energy politics in the making of modern american history. contemporary debates about energy politics and the transition away from fossil fuels depart from a basic assumption that congress makes the law and that energy producing communities must learn how to live with it. in this panel, we propose an alternative way of examining modern energy policy and politics in the united states. our research looks at appalachia not only as a key target of modern energy policy, but rather as a region whose politics broadly conceived have shaped the possibilities and priorities for energy politics on the national stage since the new deal. together these papers offer an appalachia out perspec
all right, welcome everyone to this morning s panel appalachia and energy politics. i m trish kajla assistant professor at the walsh school of foreign service georgetown university copa where i co-lead the energy humanities research initiative. panel, because we were unsatisfied with the state of the current discussion on appalachian energy politics in the making of modern american history. contemporary debates about energy politics and the transition away from fossil fuels depart from a basic assumption that congress makes the law and that energy producing communities must learn how to live with it. in this panel, we propose an alternative way of examining modern energy policy and politics in the united states. our research looks at appalachia not only as a key target of modern energy policy, but rather as a region whose politics broadly conceived have shaped the possibilities and priorities for energy politics on the national stage since the new deal. together these papers
contemporary debates about energy politics and the transition away from fossil fuels depart from a basic assumption that congress makes the law and that energy producing communities must learn how to live with it. in this panel, we propose an alternative way of examining modern energy policy and politics in the united states. our research looks at appalachia not only as a key target of modern energy policy, but rather as a region whose politics broadly conceived have shaped the possibilities and priorities for energy politics on the national stage since the new deal. together these papers offer an appalachia out perspective on modern us energy policy emphasizing the region s importance while pushing back against simplistic regional portrayals that often circulate in national discourse and especially at election time. appalachia we argue has not just been a target for policy, but instead a wide range of actors from workers and ordinary residents to colberts to state party lead
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